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Answer to the Trauma Girl Challenge by littleoldme
BtVS/Veronica Mars.
After the events of the Veronica Mars Season Two finale, Veronica attempts to deal with the aftermath of discovering that she was raped. Her personal journey ends up with Veronica in Sunnydale (or wherever the Scooby Gang is anchored in your timeline), and the Scoobies help Veronica to deal with her past.
Requirements:
Veronica interacting with some combination of Buffy, Willow, Dawn, Xander, Spike, Anya, Giles, etc.
Another Veronica Mars canon character following Veronica to Sunnydale (bonus if it's Logan or Wallace).
Veronica and Buffy (or Dawn) exchanging life stories and comparing emotional battle scars.
Bonus:
Set the fic immediately after Spike's attempted rape of Buffy, and examine the parallels between Buffy's life and Veronica's.
Have Anya offer to bring Cassidy back to life, just so she can go all vengeance demon on him.
AN: Thank you to everyone who reviewed and as promised here is the next chapter. Your input will be greatly appreciated.
Chapter 3 Sorrow
"You don't have to do this." Logan told her softly slipping on his expensive black suit jacket brown eyes trained on her in concern. He watched her in the mirror as she buttoned up a black silk t-shirt that fell over her equally dark dress pants.
"Yes I do." Veronica told him softly her eyes locking with his in the glass and she turned to him smoothing out his silk tie as she let his hands settle lightly on her waist.
She really had to do this, if not to find peace than a semblance of closer.
"Are you two ready to go yet or do you need more time?" Duncan asked stepping into the room that last time directed at Veronica. It didn't matter how many times she told them she was okay, they still treated her like she would break at any moment.
Duncan had come back days after the mysterious murder of Aaron Echolls with his daughter Lily and a group of high powered lawyers claiming their client had protected his daughter from her abusive grandparents. A claim Veronica and surprisingly Lamb had provided proof towards and all charges against the heir had vanished overnight.
"Just about." Veronica looked at Dick who stood somberly behind Duncan and felt her heart go out to the tall jackass. Gone was any humor in his eyes anyone who knew him was accustomed too.
Logan entwined his hand with Veronica's and nodded at his "boys" following them out of his room at the Casablancas house. He had moved in over the summer after everything had gone down when someone had expressed worry over Dick's mental state. Logan wasn't going to lose another friend.
When they reached the limo Veronica put an arm around Mac's shoulders silently offering support to the real fragile girl in their group. After that night the person to give the most comfort to the devastated teen had been the brother of the guy who had ripped her world apart.
No one was sure of what exactly Dick and Mac's relationship was but there was no denying their was something between the two.
There was no rain.
No thunder.
Not a single cloud in the sky.
It was the middle of Summer in California and the sun shone brightly as the rich and powerful gathered to say goodbye to a boy none of them had ever bothered to get to know.
It was one of the biggest social events that month, the suicide of Richard Casablancas's youngest son, a tragedy if there was ever one.
Cassidy Casablancas had never been exposed as the true culprit of the Neptune High bus crash. No one knew of his rape of an innocent young girl a year before.
Woody Goodman's death in the air was ruled as a mechanical error and nobody, barring his family, grieved.
Everyone believed the youngest Casablancas had committed suicide that night because of the pressure put on him to measure up to his father's standards and years of being tormented by bullies at school.
No one in their group had felt the truth would be helpful to anyone and that night Logan had made the gun disappear. Only Veronica, Logan, Keith, Dick, Mac, Duncan, and Wallace knew the whole story of what had went down and they weren't talking.
There had been enough suffering to go around and none of them wanted to be the center of another media circus.
People would believe Cassidy had been a sweet young man who had been unable to break free of the trouble in his life, a sad story.
A procession of black made its way to the grave site and the dark brown casket was carried of the most well known 09ers, Logan, Dick, and Duncan included.
Veronica stood silently as the coffin was lowered into the ground holding a sobbing Mac closer to her as Cassidy Casablancas was laid to rest.
In the end he was surrounded by the people who had loved and accepted him, people he had destroyed.
"Hey honey." Keith greeted his daughter as the entered the apartment "How was it?"
She let her dad put his arm around her replying cheekily "Sad, depressing, you know a successful funeral." Sarcasm was far preferable to screaming.
Keith saw through his daughters act and asked her "How are Dick and Mac?" He knew she had been worried about them.
Veronica leaned her head on her dads shoulder wanting to go back to those days when the lack of a pony was the most earth shattering event in her life and said hollowly "Dick didn't make one inappropriate joke and Mac broke down before the service even started. It was hard for them.
After the service Logan had kissed Veronica and told her he was going to watch over the two back at the Casablancas place and Duncan had left to pick up Lily from his parents.
"And you?" Keith brushed a strand of blond hair behind his ear sad in the knowledge that he could no longer make all his little girls fears go away.
She gave him a small, but sincere smile "Less hard." she shrugged explaining "I had Logan."
She sat up to face her father deciding there was no better time but the present "Speaking of Logan." She took a deep breath fortifying herself "Turns out Trina's twin sister is Willow, Buffy's best friend. Coincidence huh? Anyway, giving the piece of information I agreed to go with Logan to Sunnydale to meet his new sister. We're leaving next week." She told her father sheepishly.
When her Dad's eyes narrowed she offered hopefully "I love you too."